We Made a New Podcast Called Conversations with Ghosts! You Can Listen NOW!

Dan (0:01)

Hey, everyone, Dan here. Marc and I are excited to announce that we have a new audio drama podcast out today. Yes, you heard that right. It's the first podcast Marc and I are releasing since Archive 81 It's called Conversations with Ghosts, and it follows mausoleum attendant Mal Fleming as he tries to convince the spirits of Grey Briar Cemetery to pass on. In each episode, Mal, who's played by Marc, sits down with a new ghost to build a portrait of their life, their death and their afterlife, all to help them release whatever still ties their soul to this reality. It's a mix of New York City history, horror, and in classic Dead Signals fashion, really fun sound design. We've got a preview of one of the episodes here for you on the Archive 81 feed, and you can hear the first two episodes in the Conversations with Ghosts feed, which you can subscribe to anywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes will be released every week. Marc and I both really appreciate all your support over the years, and we think you'll like this one, so we hope you'll tune in. Here's the episode.

Marc (1:06)

My name is Mal Fleming. I am here to assist in your passage. Can you remember your name and the circumstances of your death?

SPEAKER_3 (1:15)

The tide comes and the tide goes, and the tide comes and the tide goes. The city was once two cities, and it is a city of water and tides, ever changing and ever moving. Are you aware of that, Mal Fleming? No, I don't think I can remember my name and the circumstances of my death, Mal Fleming. And are you aware that the tide goes and the tide comes, and this city was once two cities?

Marc (1:43)

If you're referring to the fact that Brooklyn and New York used to be separate entities, then yes, I'm aware of that. Does the tide bear any relation to… were you a fishmonger, perhaps, or…

SPEAKER_3 (1:58)

I am not sure. Should I be?

Marc (2:03)

Ah, is there a name you would like me to call you for the purposes of this conversation?

SPEAKER_3 (2:09)

Does it matter?

Marc (2:11)

I don't have to use a name, if you would prefer.

SPEAKER_3 (2:14)

Perhaps if you name me incorrectly, you will influence me into being someone I was not so as to fit the name, like water filling a vessel. Better to have no name at all.

Marc (2:26)

Then I won't use a name. Now, is there anything you can tell me that would help in identifying you? Any memories that come to mind? Perhaps a loved one or an occupation? Even a date. Anything could be helpful.

SPEAKER_3 (2:43)

You are correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Marc (2:47)

Nothing at all comes to mind?

SPEAKER_3 (2:49)

Of course things come, but they go ever so quickly. It's like trying to hold water in your hand.

Marc (2:56)

Well, if a memory does come, please let me know. It could be helpful.

SPEAKER_3 (3:01)

Yes, I will. I would like to be of help. At one point, I remember, I think I remember, I remember remembering that I wanted to live here forever, that it was a pleasant way to live or die. But you are trying to get me to pass on.

Why? I will fade completely soon.

Marc (3:27)

Caldwell's notes, they say it's a bad idea to let a ghost fade away. He didn't say why, but...

SPEAKER_3 (3:35)

You are new, ever so new. Perhaps you will learn more about us in time. Caldwell did. But he was here for a very long while, and he has not left yet. And who knows how much longer you will have, Mal Fleming? Anyone can die at any time, and then their story ends, and all that is left is epilogue.

Marc (3:59)

Working here does hammer that point home.

SPEAKER_3 (4:02)

Just working here frighten you, Mal Fleming?

Marc (4:05)

I... Strangely, no. If you had told me a few, well, weeks ago that this... That this would be what I was doing, I would be either incredulous or terrified, but I do find the work fascinating. I don't think anything I've learned could be properly cited in a paper, but it's fascinating nonetheless.

SPEAKER_3 (4:32)

What a lovely thing to say, Mal Fleming. Though perhaps you should be a bit more frightened.

Marc (4:37)

Why do you say that?

SPEAKER_3 (4:40)

I forget.

Marc (4:44)

Would you like to fade away completely? Is that...

SPEAKER_3 (4:47)

No.

Marc (4:49)

Uh, why not? The notes were...

SPEAKER_3 (4:52)

Something whispers to me about oblivion, about the things I might find there. Something talks of peace, of tranquility, of a black pool, of letting my bones erode like stones in the ocean. Something tells me to let go, to take the hand of the thing.